Creation and Presentation of Original Compositions:
JazzWerkstatt Wien is a communication platform, bringing together musicians with different stylistic perspectives. The intention is to create a working environment and a performance space to create, practice and present new approaches and ideas. Six artistic directors form ensembles with musicians out of the “JazzWerkstatt-Pool” (approximately 80 players) combined with other musicians and artists according to the occasion. In many cases interesting situations are created by including musicians, instruments and techniques of areas like classical, electronic or HipHop music. Projects in cooperation with painters or actors have also led to exciting results. The open nature of JazzWerkstatt enables the audience to observe the process of the creation and presentation of music directly and encourages to communicate with the artists.
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Creation and Presentation of Original Compositions:
JazzWerkstatt Wien is a communication platform, bringing together musicians with different stylistic perspectives. The intention is to create a working environment and a performance space to create, practice and present new approaches and ideas. Six artistic directors form ensembles with musicians out of the “JazzWerkstatt-Pool” (approximately 80 players) combined with other musicians and artists according to the occasion. In many cases interesting situations are created by including musicians, instruments and techniques of areas like classical, electronic or HipHop music. Projects in cooperation with painters or actors have also led to exciting results. The open nature of JazzWerkstatt enables the audience to observe the process of the creation and presentation of music directly and encourages to communicate with the artists.
The first concert series took place from March 21 to April 17 2005 at the WUK museum and will be organized each year. It immediately became a significant reference point for artists, journalists and an audience of all ages. A CD-release of live recordings from this concert series was also the start for the newly founded label “JazzWerkstatt Records”, emphasizing again the concept of independence.
'I’ve thought of a dozen ways to open this review but the best one is for me to shut up and listen to the fantastic opening of this double album itself: Koller Riff by Salesny´s Hans Koller tribute. Sounds so dense and full that you get thrown back into Mingus workshops and the early Globe Unity Orchestra (If that starts and sustain on such level i´ll soon need 3 pages).
Total amazement on every track is here. Bernd Satzinger (Wurlitzer) trio (check out Christian Grobauer on drums), enters the electric Paul Bley era while in »Käfig« a large ensemble plays great tones and colours. Kelomat is a strong quartet with trombone, Alto, Bass and drums á la Tim Berne, Roswell Rudd and Kontra5nett a lovely double bass ensemble while Fuzz Noir enters the more 80´s and early 90´s different jazz forms with a particularly good »Goodrick-ish« Peter Rom on guitar.
See, i get simply speechless because indeed and as warmly recommended by Christoph Huber (Mr. Porgy & Bess) this album is from far the most intense and achieved new Austro-Jazz overview. I don’t know when they give prices, awards and subventions, but I would highlite 100% this group of extremely talented musicians now and later. The second CD sees more of these combinations between most of these heard on #1. So much music, so many bands and advanced directions strongly stated already can only make us hope a great future in music here (about 30 years after the first VAO ...) — 10 stars.'
skug Nr. 64, Oktober – November 2005 Noël Akchoté
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